EGETÜRKİYE

Ancient marble columns and early Christian basilica stone arches under the sun.
Roman Colonnaded Street and Seven Churches Basilica of Ancient Thyateira at Akhisar, Manisa

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Hellenistic eraCulture and memory

From Thyateira Purple Cloth to Demirci Carpets and Darkale Stone Houses

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Place, time and memory in one narrative.

Linking Akhisar's Thyateira purple cloth guilds with Demirci's hand-woven wool carpets and Soma Darkale's cliffside timber-stone houses, Manisa created a pinnacle of heritage.

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Long-form story · Culture and memory · A link to today · deniz-doga

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Periods

  • Hellenistic era
  • Roman era
  • Ottoman era
  • The Aegean today

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